Improvement in machines tor canning fruit



To all. whom tt may conce-rn:

@wat N @mitra `JoIIN HInLLIs, or PIIOHIA, ILLINOIS.

Letters'` Patent No. 104,438, (latedisune 21, 187 0; antedated .Teme 11, 1870'.

' IMPRQVEIWENI IN MACHINES `FOR CANNING- FRUIT.

'Ihe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

" Be it k`nown that I, JOHN H. ELLIS, of Peoria, in

I the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have in- `sented a new and valuable Improvement in Canning and Preserving Fruit;-and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of y the construction and operation of the same, reference I `being had to the annexed `drawing making apart of `this specification, and to the lettersand figures of ref- `erence marked thereon.

Figurel, of the drawing, Iis a` plan view of my in- Il l vention- I y l I y "Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.

My invention relates to' means for preserving fruit;

1t consis s, mainly,-iu the constructionl andvnovel II "arrangement of means by which:` the atmosphere is pumped from a fruit-can, and thclcau thoroughly and expeditiously sealed.

The letter A, of the drawing, represents a frame,

`upon `which I arrange theIair-pump B, in the manner shown. I I I The letter C represents a rotating table, which is I raised or lowered by means of its screw,l 1), working y in a suitable thread set in the lower cross-bar of II frameAI.` I I I y The letter E represents a fruitcan,'constructed in the ordinary manner, except that the top hasv a small opening at the point 'a'.

Immediatelyr above the opening'mllatlx to the top ,1 of Ithefcan a staple, mar-kede onthcdrawing.

` It consists of a metallic plate, bent'in a quadrangu- The letter n represents a quadrangnlar block of I India rubber, adapted to the interior-ot' staple c, and having au opening through its center, corresponding in size to the opening in the top of the can above men'- tioned. II e The letters, of the drawing, represents au Indiarubber tube, drawn over the lower end of' the pump, as shown, and adapted to fit closely inside the cupI It.

My device is operated as follows, namely: The can is first iilled with fruit, and the top at-l tached, by solder or otherwise. I then1 place the can on the'table C, and turn the table around until the cu'p 7i ts closely around the elastic tube s. The rubber block n is crowded into the staple c until its opening is brought` directly over the opening in the can- The apparatus Kherein described, for canning fruit, i

having frame A, pump B,table (l, together with the block n, staple c,`tube s, and cup h, when constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

` In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witmesse-s. Y

' Witnesses:-

N. E. WQRTHINGTON, l GEO. PU'IERBAUGH.

JOHN H. ELLIS. 

